Gods on Earth: The Management of Religious Experience and Identity in a North Indian Pilgrimage CentreBloomsbury Academic, 1988 - 310 pages A detailed historical anthropology of Ayodhya, which argues that religious values can reflect political and economic processes. |
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Page 206
... accept gifts in return . People may offer a Brahman some land . This is considered both auspicious and meritorious , and I have never heard of anyone refusing to accept such a gift of samkalp - land as it is called in Uttar Pradesh ...
... accept gifts in return . People may offer a Brahman some land . This is considered both auspicious and meritorious , and I have never heard of anyone refusing to accept such a gift of samkalp - land as it is called in Uttar Pradesh ...
Page 208
... accept some invitations and refuse others . This is not to say that they have withdrawn from the religious sphere and depend for their status only on their economic position . In this connection it is useful to point out a difference ...
... accept some invitations and refuse others . This is not to say that they have withdrawn from the religious sphere and depend for their status only on their economic position . In this connection it is useful to point out a difference ...
Page 216
... accept this gift . There are now several versions explaining how Ram acquired his Brahman . The first is that he or Hanuman kidnapped a few Brahman children from Rajasthan and made them accept . These children were then no longer accepted ...
... accept this gift . There are now several versions explaining how Ram acquired his Brahman . The first is that he or Hanuman kidnapped a few Brahman children from Rajasthan and made them accept . These children were then no longer accepted ...
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Sarayu and the ghats | 9 |
The presence of | 18 |
The conjunction of time and place | 28 |
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